210, Summer 2018 Volunteering to Help the Work of the Enfield Society

Enfield Society News No. 210, Summer 2018 Volunteering to help the work of The Enfield Society The Mayor of Enfield with volunteers who helped create the new Local Heritage List, at its launch in October 2017 In the Presidents’ Column on page 5 Publicity Audio-visual equipment support Monica Smith and Colin Pointer write Assistance needed to take notes in Speakers at our meetings in Jubilee Hall about the essential contribution meetings and to deliver TES publicity often use PowerPoint presentations from volunteers make to the work of the items such as newsletters, membership a computer and sometimes show films Society. The fact is that since its application forms and occasional posters from DVDs or use 35mm slides. We need foundation in 1936 the Society has been to libraries, leisure and community centres. someone to assist occasionally in setting entirely dependent on volunteer effort. Contact – Bob Fowler up the equipment and screen and helping That is not going to change and to speakers in using remote controls and our continue taking the Society forward we Membership development radio microphone system. do need more volunteers. In the following We believe that it is important to Contact – Leonard Will text a number of current requirements are continue to attract new members and highlighted. If you are interested in expand our base to include people of all Local Heritage List getting involved, please make contact ages and backgrounds from across the Following on from the successful launch with the persons indicated. Contact whole London Borough of Enfield. A of the Local Heritage List (see our Spring details are listed on the back page of the small working group has been set up in 2018 newsletter) we are now looking for newsletter. which we identified a number of ways to volunteers to do a yearly check of the develop this including: advertising/poster listed buildings. This would involve the Shows and exhibitions displays, articles in the press, wider volunteers going around their chosen area Assistance is always needed to help distribution of membership leaflet once a year and checking on the state of transport and erect the TES gazebo, displays, delivering membership the locally listed buildings and if possible displays and publication items for sale invitations to households. Volunteers are the statutory listed ones too. The results and to attend on the day of such shows needed to help take this forward, so if of this survey should then be reported for usually a two-hour session to help sell you would like to help please get in back to TES Heritage at Risk group who our publications and sign up new touch. would liaise with the Council. members to the Society. Events that TES Contact – Bob Fowler will be attending in 2018 are: Having achieved an extremely good Community notice boards Local Heritage list we are concerned the 20 May – Enfield Market 400th TES has use of an increasing number of it should be regularly followed up and anniversary notice boards located at railway stations updated so this is an important task. 7 July – Winchmore Hill Fancy Fair around the Borough. These are updated Contact – Janet McQueen regularly with TES news and other 22/23 September – Enfield Town and TES Special Interest Groups Country Show publicity items. We need additional volunteers to manage these. All TES Special Interest Groups welcome Contact – Bob Fowler Contact – Dave Cockle additional members: see page 2. 1 Groups and buildings The Enfield Society special interest groups All TES Special Interest Groups welcome additional member Historic Buildings – Stephen Gilburt involvement, so if you are interested in becoming involved in Key activities are to stimulate appreciation of Enfield's any of the following areas please get in touch: architectural heritage, make recommendations for the listing and Architecture and Planning – John Davies preservation of local buildings, especially those at risk, and to The Group aims to monitor local planning applications, arrange talks about and visits to buildings of historic and development plans and traffic schemes in a constructive attempt architectural interest. to promote good architecture and design. Press and Publicity – Bob Fowler Cleaner Neighbourhoods – Dave Cockle Key activities are: production of the quarterly newsletter, The ‘Cleaner Neighbourhoods Group’ was set up to help tackle organising exhibitions and stands at local shows, organising some of the litter problems within the London Borough of daytime and evening talks, publishing a range of books, Enfield. pamphlets, maps and postcards, arranging visits and coach outings to places of interest and maintaining publicity displays East Enfield and Edmonton – Val Munday on several community noticeboards. The group focuses on the East Enfield and Edmonton area. Among other activities, it checks on listed buildings and Records and Research – Leonard Will supports those ‘at risk’, monitors major planning applications, The group investigates and responds to enquiries about the and finances the planting of trees in parks and open spaces. history of the Society and matters of interest relating to Enfield, maintains the Society’s collections of books pamphlets, Footpaths and Open Spaces – Stuart Mills photographs, slides and pictures, cares for the Society's archives Key aims are to promote walking as healthy, enjoyable and and maintains the Society’s website. sociable activity for all ages, preserve and extend existing footpath network and encourage use of public footpaths and Trees – John West open spaces. The group organises a programme of 60 walks each Sponsors tree planting schemes, promotes sponsored planting year. schemes, recommends trees for preservation and comments on significant planning applications for work on preserved trees or Heritage at Risk – Janet McQueen those in conservation areas. Maintains the Society's allotment The group reviews the local and national lists of buildings of tree nursery which grows small saplings and donated trees for special architectural or historic interest in the Borough and use in town or countryside planting. proposes additions and amendments. Draws attention to those parts of the green and built environment in the Borough which If you can help in any of the any of the Society activities currently have no special protection and which are important to outlined above we would be pleased to hear from you. the street scene and general ambience of the area. Liaises with Contact telephone numbers and email addresses are listed and supports the Council regarding the Borough’s heritage. on the back page of this newsletter. Bob Fowler St Alphege Church is now Grade II listed On 6th April the Church of St Alphege, in Hertford Road, and the war memorial in front of it, were listed Grade II by Historic England because of their architectural and historic interest. Full details are given on the official site at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the- list/list-entry/1450583 This church has loomed over our family since we first moved to Edmonton in 2014. We back onto the church and it dominates views from our house. I recall telling an Irish pastor friend of mine when we moved in that we were so lucky to back onto the and traditional ecclesiastical forms. Think The two angels carry the arms of church and have nobody overlooking us, to of the popularity of mid-century Scandi Canterbury, reminding us that St Alphege which he replied “No, you’ve got it all styles that remain extremely popular. was an Archbishop of Canterbury. He was wrong, you’re overlooked by angels!”. also Bishop of Winchester, my home Maufe observed that the church “combined town. I first become aware of the importance of freshness without obviously breaking with the church when I saw it on the Edmonton tradition”. This is felt most strongly in this The church is also notable for its Heritage Trail, when I discovered that the wonderful, dramatic interior that attempts to contribution to biodiversity, with its church was built by Sir Edward Maufe in a reach to the heavens with a pure, fresh and majestic eaves providing shelter for a modern Swedish Gothic style. dramatic style. Look further above and you substantial colony of swifts that grace our can see the original blue wood wool ceiling skies each year. Maufe, who lived from 1882 to 1972, was and golden stars, as if we were open to the knighted for services to the Imperial War elements, staring at the heavens. The last quinquennial review identified Graves Commission, constructing, for over £100k of work as being required. The example, the Runnymede War Memorial. The church was also furnished to a very boundaries and substantial grounds of the He also constructed in Guildford one of the high standard, and some of the original church could be enhanced, but it is hoped few great cathedrals of the 20th century. furniture in the Sacristy still remains. The that this listing protects the building for most dramatic elements are the sculptures. future generations and encourages Maufe was a famous socialite, well known The figure of Christ in the east window, the investment in the building and in London social circles. At the time when statue of St Alphege on the bell tower, and community. St Alphege was constructed, in the late the font are by the notable sculptor, Estcourt Philip Ridley 1950s, the church presented a very modern J Clack, who was an award-winning fellow MSc (Planning), PGDip (Heritage) vision combining modernist Scandinavian of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. 2 Trees Joining the Enfield Society Membership of the Society costs just £5 per per person per calendar year. Members Greening Enfield are sent quarterly newsletters and have the opportunity to participate in walks, talks and other activities, such as those of the special interest groups on topics listed on During April, the Trees Group has page 2.

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